Allied Telesis AT SB4311 V2

Advantages: Excellent Screem Resolutiom, (Certinaly looks the part)
Disadvantages: Money to Spec Ratio

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Advantages: Better power supply above the original
Disadvantages: Shame they did not improve the stock fan

...Similar to the SN45Gv1 but the v2 comes with the SilentX 250w power supply as standard and a new motherboard design. This is ideal for high power graphic cards wuch as an ATI All In Wonder Card AIW. The vDimm problems are reportedly solved on this model however my firmare has this option removed. I have purchased 1 of these. Easy to assemble with some practice under 2 hours instructions comprehensive no first time experience necessary. Sound quality is amazing from the nForce 2 Soundstorm chipset. Stock fan is okay but rather noisy but can be replaced with quieter alternative which have better airflow. Supplied thermal paste is okay but better thermal paste can be used to cool the unit. I have 1 hard drives and a DVD-rom drivewith a Radeon 9600 PRO in mine and the power supply copes fine with temperatures around 47c. Ideal units for LAN... Read review

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Advantages: Style, Wireless Everything, TV, screen quality
Disadvantages: Expensive! Fiddly cable sockets, not very upgradeable

...I am writing this review right now on the Sony VGC-V2M. I could tell you all about its specification... but you can find this on any website. I originally looked at a computer like this as an alternative to a laptop, back when the PCV-V1 was the main player. The thing that put me off the V1 was the lack of graphics card. After some time considering a purchase, I finally found the V2M. It is a pretty specialised piece of kit, not many computers are about like this one... Hence the price, I guess. I eventually found one a little cheaper than everywhere else, and made my order! It was such a treat pulling the computer out of the box - I had it delivered at work, and a small crowd gathered as it being set up! People were asking if these were our new office PCs! The only cable that this PC NEEDS to run is the power cable - if cable... Read review

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